Antivirus that will alert about Criminal and Illegal content for $500

on Tuesday, December 03, 2013|

Isn't the title interesting?! There is no such Antivirus that will alert about criminal and illegal content. It is being advertised in recently discovered ransomware.

Ransomware usually lock the victim's system or browser and displays a warning message pretending be from FBI or any other authority. It will inform victims that their system is locked because of their illegal activities and asks them to pay money to unlock it.

A new ransomware spotted by Malwarebytes team interestingly informs the victims that "Your criminal records have been deleted".

The malware also suggest the victims to buy an Antivirus for $500 from them in order to unlock the system and avoid other legal consequences.

Those who fall for this scam end up in paying around $1200 dollars. As i said earlier, there is no such kind of antivirus exist. After paying ransom, you will just receive a message "your browser will be unlocked within 12 hours" nothing else.